Saint-Amarin
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Thann-Guebwiller | |
| Canton | Cernay | |
| Community association | Vallée de Saint-Amarin | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 52 ' N , 7 ° 2' E | |
| height | 393-1,347 m | |
| surface | 11.61 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,262 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 195 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68550 | |
| INSEE code | 68292 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-saint-amarin.fr/ | |
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Saint-Amarin (German Sankt Amarin ) is a French commune with 2,262 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller and the canton of Cernay and is the seat of the Vallée de Saint-Amarin municipal association .
geography
The municipality in the Regional Nature Park Ballons des Vosges is located in the Thur Valley in the Vosges , about 30 kilometers from Mulhouse .
Neighboring communities of Saint-Amarin are Lautenbachzell in the north, Geishouse in the east, Moosch in the southeast, Malmerspach in the south, Mitzach in the southwest and Ranspach in the west. The Malmerspach and Ranspach settlements have now grown together with Saint-Amarin.
history
In the 7th century, the monk Amarinus († 676) founded a monastery and named it Doroangus . A small settlement developed around the monastery which, like the whole of the Thur Valley, became the property of the Murbach Monastery at the end of the 9th century . A bailiff appointed by the monastery administered the monastery property until the French Revolution in 1789. The name Saint-Amarin was first mentioned in 1135. A monastery church was built between 1050 and 1100.
The Thirty Years' War decimated the population considerably. The onset of industrialization at the end of the 18th century meant that many residents were craftsmen and farmers at the same time, so farming was only a sideline. This phase ended in the 1950s.
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Saint-Amarin belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Thann in the district of Upper Alsace .
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2,203 | 1,982 | 2.013 | 2,035 | 2,305 | 2,400 | 2,440 | 2,464 | 2,262 |
Culture and sights
- The current church dates from 1758.
- Only ruins can be seen of Friedburg Castle from the 13th century.
- The Musée Serret shows exhibits on the history of the place and its surroundings as well as works by regional artists and is open during the summer months in the afternoons (except on Tuesdays).
Personalities
- Catherine Lefèbvre (1753–1835), laundress in Saint-Amarin, Duchess of Danzig
- Robert Großmann (1884–1938), born in Saint-Amarin, administrative lawyer, district administrator in Neuwied
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 1064-1069.
